On 29 Oct 1560 Thomas Lodge (age 51) commenced his term as Lord Mayor of London.

Henry Machyn's Diary. 29 Oct 1562. The xxix day of October the nuw mare (age 53) [went by] water unto Westmynster, and all the althermen and the craftes of London in barges deckyd with stremars, [and there] was a goodly fuste [feast] decked with stremars and banars, with drumes, trumpetes, and gones to Westmynster playce [palace], [where] he toke ys oythe, and so home to Beynard castylle [Map], [and] with all the artheralthmen; and in Powlles chyrcheyerd [Map] ther mett (him) all the bachelars in cremesun damaske hodes, with drumes and flutes and trumpettes blohyng, and a lx powre men in bluw gownes and red capes [caps], and with targettes and jaffelyns [and] grett standardes, and iiij grett banars of armes and ... and after a goodly pagantt with goodly musyke plahyng; and to Yeld-halle [Map] to dener, for ther dynyd mony of the consell and all the juges and mony nobull men and women; and after dener the mare and all the althermen yede to Powlles with all musyke.

Henry Machyn's Diary. 01 Apr 1563. The furst day of Aprell ther was a man dwellyng at the Bryghowse, on Chalenger a baker of the Bryg-howse; he was send for to the yeld-hall a-for my lord mayre (age 54) and the althermen, and he was juged to go be-twyne ij of the off-ffesars of the hospetall to the bryg-howse, and a-for him was cared a fyne pelere by on of the hospetalle.

Henry Machyn's Diary. 12 Apr 1563. The xij day of Aprell, was Ester monday, dyd pryche at sant Mare spyttyll master Horne (age 53) the byshope of Wynchastur, and ther was my lord mare (age 54) and the althermen in skarlett, and certen juges and serjantes of the law, and mony worshephulle men and women, and the masturs of the hospetall with ther gren stayffes in ther handes, [and the] chylderyne of the hospetall boyth boysse and wenchys in bluw [coats and] red capes [caps] to the nombur of a (blank), and ther was geydered at the sermon for the Frenche men [refugees] in-to England women and chylderyn the sum of xlv li.

Henry Machyn's Diary. 13 Apr 1563. The xiij day of Aprell dyd pryche at sant Mare spyttyll tuwysday in Ester weeke master Colle parsun of Hehenger in Essex and (dean elect) of Norwyche, and my lord mare (age 54) and ij juges and the althermen and byshopes, with all the masturs of the hospetall and the chylderyn.

Henry Machyn's Diary. 18 Apr 1563. The sam day at after-none was cristenyd my lord mayre's (age 54) son; the godfathers wher, on [one] the yerle of Penbroke (age 62), and (unfinished)

Henry Machyn's Diary. 24 Apr 1563. The xxiiij day of Aprell was a proclamasyon by my [lord mayor (age 54)] that no mylle-man shuld bryng nodur melle nor whet [from] May-day unto Myghellmas next, a-pon pene of (blank), tyll they had spentt the whett and rye that the cete [had made] provessyon for.

Henry Machyn's Diary. Jul 1563. The .. day of July was on (blank) Penred [that had a] chyld to lerne, and for a sm[all fault did] bett [beat] hym so [severely] with a leden gyrdyll with bu[ckles, that he left] no skyne [on his] body and .... almost pu .... ys master was sett on the pelere and wypyd with [... that his] blude ran downe, and with that my lord mare (age 54) [passed] thrughe Chepe-syd the boye was sett on the pelere, [and his c]oatt was taken of ys body that my lord and all the [people] myght see how that he was beyten, the petest [piteous] [sight to] se at any tyme.

Henry Machyn's Diary. 04 Aug 1563. The iiij day of August was a-nodur proclamassyon [from] my lord mare (age 54) that ther ys on [one] man hyred [to kill] doges as many as he cane fynd in the stretts, and has a fee for loke every day and nyght.